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This listing contains all the analytical materials posted on the Russia Matters website. These include: RM Exclusives, commissioned by Russia Matters exclusively for this website; Recommended Reads, deemed particularly noteworthy by our editorial team; Partner Posts, originally published by our partners elsewhere; and Future Policy Leaders, pieces by promising young scholars and policy thinkers. Content can be filtered by genre and subject-specific criteria and is updated often. Gradually we will be adding older Recommended Reads and Partner Posts dating back as far as 2011.

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How to Enlarge NATO: The Debate Inside the Clinton Administration, 1993–95

Mary Elise SarotteJuly 29, 2019
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Pleas from Central and Eastern European leaders, missteps by Russian President Boris Yeltsin and victory by the pro-expansion Republican Party in the 1994 U.S. congressional election all helped advocates of full-membership enlargement to win.

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US Foreign Policy Is Life-and-Death. Don’t Expect Any Meaningful Questions About It in the Debates.

Stephen KinzerJuly 25, 2019
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Candidates do not give revealing answers to provocative questions about world affairs because moderators do not ask such questions.

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Can Washington and Moscow Agree to Limit Political Interference?

Samuel Charap and Ivan TimofeevJune 13, 2019
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The concept of elaborating norms of non-interference on a mutual basis might be the best way to stabilize U.S.-Russian relations and prevent the damaging episodes of recent years from happening again.

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It's Time to Rethink Russia's Foreign Policy Strategy

Dmitri TreninApril 25, 2019
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Russia's rapidly changing geopolitical situation necessitates a restructuring of its inconsistent foreign policy. Primarily, it must renounce any aspirations to military or political domination. The author describes the steps that the Russian government must instead take to promote stability and growth.

The Open World

While the U.S. has had no major geopolitical rivals in the last 30 years, it now has two: Russia and China.

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Russia and China Are Outwitting America

Vance SerchukApril 10, 2019
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American politicians frame the current world order as China, Russia, and the United States locked in a 'great-power competition.' However, by restricting their definition of this rivalry to a race for technological prowess, U.S. national security experts increase the possibility of an inadvertent escalation to war.

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The Folly of ‘Russiagate’

Stephen KinzerApril 04, 2019
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The election of U.S. President Donald Trump was not, we now learn, the result of a conspiracy directed from Moscow. But this finding by special prosecutor Robert Mueller will change few minds: once again, as in the 1950s, everything is Russia’s fault—no matter what Mueller says.

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Trump Aside, What's the U.S. Role in NATO?

Barry PosenMarch 10, 2019
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Trump's movement away from NATO is easily dismissed as poor foreign policy, given his history of bad ideas. This is not the case, as modern NATO takes more than it gives when it comes to strengthening American national security.

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The INF Treaty Crisis: Filling the Void With European Leadership

Nikolai SokovMarch 01, 2019
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The end of the INF Treaty and wavering on New START show just how much the U.S.-Russian arms control relationship has deteriorated. Europe can step in as mediator to renew effort in nonproliferation, but it must act quickly and develop the political will to move outside of its traditional place on the margins.

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Mixed Messages on Trump’s Missile Defense Review

Matt Korda and Hans M. KristensenJanuary 17, 2019
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Despite the document’s assertion that “Missile Defenses are Stabilizing,” the Missile Defense Review promotes a posture that is anything but.

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China and Russia: A Strategic Alliance in the Making

Graham T. AllisonDecember 14, 2018
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Defying the long-held convictions of Western analysts, and against huge structural differences, Beijing and Moscow are drawing closer together to meet what each sees as the "American threat."

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Is Russia a US 'Adversary' or Just a 'Competitor'?

Nikolas GvosdevDecember 09, 2018
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The U.S. faces a choice in its competition with Russia of either transitioning to a partnership or reducing the threat level of its Cold War adversary.